Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-13
November II, 1887"
Personals and Briefs,

Rev. Mr.. jackson will preach az the
Soldiers Home to-day at z. Nj.
Congressman William f. Gaines, Of
Nottoway, was in the city Friday.
Miss Coral Meredith, of 1907 Grove
avenue, left yesterday for Ashland to
visit friends.
Miss Edna Gray. the accomplished
soprano, will singat Monumental church
tomorrow.
The venerable Mr. +. B. Spence has
been i'll for some weeks, and his condi-
ton is still critical.
DR.. Harvey Black, OF Montgomery
county, who has been i'll at ST. Lukes
Home, is improving.
Captain James L. Ennes and bride, of
Baltimore, Md, are visiting Rev. George
W. Wray, at 30l east Clay street.
Miss Nellie L. Tree left the city Thurs
day for Cincinnati to visit her sister.
She will be absent about two months.
The Rev. job Turner will preach in
the sign language to deaf mutcs at i
O'Clock this afternoon at st. James
church.
The many friends of Miss Kate Turner
will be pleased to know that she has re-
turned from her trip to st. Louis and
the West.
The regular meeting of the Methodist
Sunday School Union will be held at
Union Station church at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon.
On Friday Governor Lee visited his
mother in Washington and returned
here at night. His mother is suffering
with some eye affection.
Mr.. W. S. Pitcher who was injured by
the collision on the Richmond, Frede-
ricksburg and Potomac railroadreccntiy,
is still confined TO his bed.
Mr.. J. ID. X. Sleight will address
Sunday-school gathering at Nottoway
Courthouse to-day, and will be the guest
of the venerable DIR. Theodore Pryor.
J. n. Gordon, Jr., OF Lynchburg, and
Miss Ida X. Bowers, of this city, will be
married at Grace-Street Presbyterian
church Wednesday at $50 o'clock A. NJ.
Mrs. W. b. Calwell and daughter, Of
No. 704 west Grace street, have just re-
turned home, after an absence of three
months spent at the White Sulphur and
in the Valley of Virginia.
Mr. 0. T. Blankingship, late of Frcde-
ricksburg, is stopping with his brother,
nj 25O6 cast Grace street, on his way to
City Point, where he has received an
appointment as apothecary in the United
States navy.
The rumor is revived that First Vice
President T. NJ. Logan will succeed
President Sully in the Terminal and the
Richmond and DanvilIe. The annual
meeting takes place in this city in De-
cember. Mr.. Pace and Major Dooley
are now in New York.
Revival services will commence at Old
Market Hall on Wednesday the 10th at
7:30 p. NJ, and will be continued on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights.
A holiness meeting will be held every
Friday at p. NJ. by the eyanSelists j..
b. Shockley, Phoebe L. Hall, and others.
Colonel T. NJ. r. Talcott, formerly
vice president and general manager of
the Richmond and Danyille system, but
for several years vice-prosident and gen
eral manager Of the Mobile and Ohio,
has been offered the position of general
commissioner of the Southern hallway
and Steamship Association. If he ac-
cepts the latter he will resign his present
position.
On Wednesday, November 10th, ut 3
o'clock p. NJ, Mr.. Robert j.. Traylo
formerly of this city, will be married to
Miss Annie Gavin, of Memphis, Tenn.
Bob Trayor is kindly remembered by a
host of friends here, and deserves all
good fortune. He has been in the South
for the past seven years engaged in rail-
road construction, and is now the secre-
tary and treasurer of the Tennessee Mid
land Railway Company at Memphis.